Matthew James Davenport

Matthew James Davenport

Sole Practitioner
Location:
Greenville, North Carolina
Phone:
(866) 346-2985
Fax:
(252) 830-4066
Email:
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Matt is Co-Chairing the Statewide Annual Convention for the NC Advocates for Justice in Wilmington, NC this June 2013.

Areas of Practice

  • DUI/DWI
  • Criminal Law
  • Traffic Violations

Litigation Percentage

  • 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

  • North Carolina, 2000
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 2000
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 2005

Education

  • Campbell University School of Law, Raleigh, North Carolina
    • J.D.
  • Campbell University, Buies Creek, North Carolina
    • Bachelor's of Business Administration (Cum Laude) - 1997
    • Major: Accounting

Classes/Seminars

  • Criminal Law - Search & Seizure Annual Update, N.C. BLET, 2002 - 2004
  • Business Law, Pitt Community College, 2004 - 2005
  • "The ABC's of the new DWI Law" , ECU Continuing Education for Attorneys, February 2007
  • Fighting the Magic Number - How to Beat the .08 Presumption under the new DWI Statute, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, December 2007 in Greensboro, N.C.; February 2008 in Wilmington, N.C.
  • Basics of the new breath-testing machine in N.C. - the EC-IR II, Eastern N.C. Mediation Center Continuing Education for Attorneys, April 2008
  • DWI and District Court Practice, ECU Continuing Education for Attorneys, September 2008
  • DWI - The One-Sided Appeal, Superior Court CLE, N.C.Advocates for Justice, Greensboro, NC, May 2010
  • Search Warrants, Searches, and Seizures at Home and on the Road, Annual Summer Convention, N.C. Advocates for Justice, Wilmington, NC June 2010
  • DWI Law: Winning Cases Through Teaching Judges and Prosecutors, N.C. Advocates for Justice, Greensboro, NC February 2011 and Wilmington, NC March 2011
  • "Checkpoints: Where are the papers?" NC Advocates for Justice Annual Convention, Wilmington, NC - June 2011
  • “Megan’s Law and other changes to D.W.I. Law” – Seminar Chair – NC Advocates for Justice, Greensboro, NC – November 2011
  • “Blood Test Analysis & Chain of Custody” – Criminal Masters Seminar, NC Advocates for Justice Annual Convention, Wilmington, NC – June 2012
  • “Search and Seizure”, Masters of D.W.I. Seminar, NC Advocates for Justice, Wrightsville Beach, NC – November 2012

Honors and Awards

  • "Greenville Top 30 Under 30" - The Daily Reflector, Greenville Paper, 2004

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • University City Kiwanis Club - Greenville, NC, Board Member, 2005 - Present
  • Pitt County Criminal Defense Bar, President, 2007 - Present
  • Pitt County Bar Association, President, 2008 - Present
  • Eastern NC Inn of Court, Member

Past Employment Positions

  • Office of the District Attorney - Pitt County, Assistant District Attorney, 2001 - 2005
  • Kurtz & Blum, PLLC, Raleigh, NC, Associate Attorney, 2000 - 2001
  • Pitt County Bar President , 2008 - 2009
  • Pitt County Criminal Defense Bar – Member 2005 – Present; President , 2007 - 2010

Languages

  • English